Ex-

or E- (L.), from, out of, as ex pel, e ject, ef flux; by a imilation, appearing as a- , e- , ef- , es- , ex- , i - , s- , as a mend, e normous, ef fect, es cape, ex tend, i ue, s ample. It is French influence which has disguised it in such words as affray , amend , escape , escheat , e ay , .— Ex- has a privative sense in ex- emperor, ex- mayor. [L. ex- , e- ; O. Fr. es- , Fr. é- , ex .]